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he is from portugal. he set up the frist european school for nagivators in sagres, Porgugal.died in 1460. Prince Henry opened the first school of navigation in Europe. He taught portuguese, jewish, arab, spanish, and italian. He built trade routes to get better trade and more power. Even though he was a navigator he never sailed on a single ocean.
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crossed the equator. found out ocean did not boil and no monster lived their. named southern tip of africa cape of storms. later renamed cape of good hope.
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Christopher Columbus was born in 1451. On October 12, 1492 he was told by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to sail around the world. He was very surprised to find America, which he thought was China. Back then, it was called The New World. Christopher died on May 20, 1506.
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Spanish was worried that Portigul might try to take Spain from them. They then asked pope Alexander v1 for his help. The pope then drew a amaginary line from the north pole to the south pole called the papel line of demarcation. It was 300 miles long. Spain the non chrisan lands west and Portugal wanted a different way to divide the lands. So they made the treaty of Tordesilla witch was better so portugal could have Brazil.
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explored Atlantic coast of south America, 1497-1504; one of the first to believe he had reached a new world. He was a spanish explorer.He is the one America was named after. He was interested in astronomy. He supplied Columbus with food and other needs for his third and his forth voyages. He went on a voyage and was the first European to see Brazil. He was really experienced with sailing.
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had to go to malinda for king to spred christian faith. people tried to kill him and left on way home many people died cause of disease and storms. found coconut and made rope out of coconut fibers.
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Pedro was born in Portgal in 1467. On October 10, 1500 he was made the leader of a voyage to the Indies, through the Cape of Good Hope. Pedro sailed with a whole group of men and tryed to go the same routes that famous explorers took, like Christopher Columbus and Bartolomeu Dias. It took months, but he finally made it. He sadly died in 1520.
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SpainHe invaded Peru. Within 5 years, he conquered the Inca Empire. Pizzarro took great treasures of gold and silver from the Native Americans. They headed for the Coast and built the Lima the "City of King".
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first european to sight eastern shore of pacific ocean. from spain.
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Magellan offered the king an eastern route to the Indies, he wanted to make Spain as rich as Portugal. He sailed across the world, a great accomplishment at the time. This also proved Columbus did not find Asia but he found America.
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He was a Italian navigator that the French hired. He was sent to find a north west passage. It was a long voyage for him he had to travel alonge the atlantic coast from north carolina to new york. He then made the rout and finished his job.
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from spain explored florida and gulf region from texas to mexico.
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SpainHe invaded Peru. Within 5 years, he conquered the Inca Empire. Pizzarro took great treasures of gold and silver from the Native Americans. They headed for the Coast and built the Lima the "City of King".
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explored pacific coast to drakes bay near san francisco
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Henry Hudson also was looking for the north passage to the far east. He was sent by the dutch to explore. He found the Hudson bay and established a claim for the dutch in what is today Albany, new york. He was born in 1570 and died in 1611 when he got lost in a storm.
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first englishman to sail around the world. Francis arranged itailian artizens to work for him. All the french kings became fasinated by italian architecture. Francis hired those artizens to build him castles. He spent alot of his time listining to books, written by Rabelias. He was always with his family witch made him a good king.
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explored west coast of greenland in search of northwest passage to asia opened trad with russia
